Our Woodswalk

[T*O*F]

We set this thing up 6 or 8 years ago and have done little maintenance since, other than painting the targets.  Then one guy had a heart attack, another a broken leg, and another was in a head on collision.  As a result, we haven't shot it in two years.  Everyone is healed up now and we met last Sunday to make an inspection.  We have 22 metal targets hanging from chains and hooks.  Only a couple were hung from frames made from posts and X pieces and all the posts were rotted.  Three were attached to trees which had blown down from storms.  All in all, only 6 needed rebuilds and all needed painting.

We are meeting tomorrow to do the repairs and it looks like we'll also be able to shoot a round when finished.  Looking forward to it.  Put a new frizzen and touch hole liner on my smoothbore and looking forward to shooting it again.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Good on ya Dave...get out there and burn some powder.  I personally really enjoy the camaraderie of a work party, and a shooting party as well.  All your snow is gone?

[T*O*F]

All your snow is gone?

Yeah, last week.  It snowed and melted the next day.  It was spring break so they didn't have to close the schools.

They spray the state roads with a mixture of potato juice and calcium chloride.  What I can't figure out is why potato juice and where do they get it in quantity.

[Lee44shootercnb]

Potato juice

A waste product of vodka and rum distillation, potato juice has found a use as a de-icing agent in the snowy mountain roads of Tennessee. Marketed as Magic Salt, it’s mixed with traditional salt brine and can be effective at lower temperatures than the state usually receives. It’s also far less corrosive to vehicle metals than salt alone.